<span>Some of these trade routes had been in use for centuries, but by the beginning of the first century A.D., merchants, diplomats, and travelers could (in theory) cross the ancient world from Britain and Spain in the west to China and Japan in the east</span>
B. <span>Acute stressors are a type of stress that generally occurs over a long amount of time.</span>
Answer:
Extravagant expenditure loses the essence of the festival and sometimes becomes a show for attention-seeking people.
Explanation:
Often it takes some expenses to make a festival cheerful and this allows us to devote more time with our friends and family. However, the other fact is that one doesn't need money to spend time with loved ones. The lightness of festivals sometimes blinds us that we cannot see the real motive of the festival and look for material pleasures in it. Society is affected because the potential capital which could be used for its upliftment is wasted on a extravagant leisures.
Thomas Jefferson <span>is considered the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.</span>